How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

[DLE140]

The girls worked hard today 6/6

 

[tjb]

3/5 so far. Southeast Texas heat and humidity may be getting to a couple of my girls..

 

[bellaisa]

3/13 we now have 3 layers

 

[pennyJo1960]

bought 9 I go lock the girls in check for the last time 5 for now

 

[karenerwin]

@penny1960 bought 9 what? eggs or chickens?

I got 8 eggs today. And have some new chicks! 1 hatched last night, I could hear it chirping when I locked them up last night, but I didn't look incase anyone else was trying to hatch. Today after I finished chipping up some branches (maybe around 6 or 7 PM) I went to check on Momma broody. I saw what looked like part of an egg shell push off to her side. I grabbed it out and it was a chick that had become shrink wrapped! The poor thing was very cold and still. Then I saw another egg on the other side of her. I pulled it out thinking it was an abandoned egg, but it was another shrink wrapped egg. I could hear it chirping. It was much more incased in it's eggshell. I peeled off the shell and giving it about a 30% chance for survival, I put it back under Momma. The first shrink wrapped chick hadn't made any noise or anything and I determined that it had not made it. At lock up I lifted Momma just for a couple of quick seconds to see if the other shrink wrapped baby had died or not. It was still alive as well as 2 fluffy chicks!! Or it was one of the fluffy chicks and another chick had hatched Anyway, I am happy to report that Momma broody currently has at least 3 living chicks under her as well as some more eggs (6 more eggs I believe). We'll see what the next couple of days bring. I don't plan on letting this particular bird go broody again. She (black sex link, I think) stole the nest from another bird ( a barred rock) after her eggs got tossed. That's twice now that the barred rock has been forced out at the end of the hatch.

 

[RAsChickens]

4 from my 5 hens! Read my signature for names and breeds

 

[RAsChickens]

@penny1960 bought 9 what? eggs or chickens?

I got 8 eggs today. And have some new chicks! 1 hatched last night, I could hear it chirping when I locked them up last night, but I didn't look incase anyone else was trying to hatch. Today after I finished chipping up some branches (maybe around 6 or 7 PM) I went to check on Momma broody. I saw what looked like part of an egg shell push off to her side. I grabbed it out and it was a chick that had become shrink wrapped! The poor thing was very cold and still. Then I saw another egg on the other side of her. I pulled it out thinking it was an abandoned egg, but it was another shrink wrapped egg. I could hear it chirping. It was much more incased in it's eggshell. I peeled off the shell and giving it about a 30% chance for survival, I put it back under Momma. The first shrink wrapped chick hadn't made any noise or anything and I determined that it had not made it. At lock up I lifted Momma just for a couple of quick seconds to see if the other shrink wrapped baby had died or not. It was still alive as well as 2 fluffy chicks!! Or it was one of the fluffy chicks and another chick had hatched Anyway, I am happy to report that Momma broody currently has at least 3 living chicks under her as well as some more eggs (6 more eggs I believe). We'll see what the next couple of days bring. I don't plan on letting this particular bird go broody again. She (black sex link, I think) stole the nest from another bird ( a barred rock) after her eggs got tossed. That's twice now that the barred rock has been forced out at the end of the hatch.

Please keep us posted!

 

[Askme42]

3/8 again today. Well I guess 3/10 since I bought two more pullets this weekend. But at 3 months old I know they are not close.

 

[tjb]

5/5 by 10:30 am!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

@penny1960 bought 9 what? eggs or chickens?

I got 8 eggs today. And have some new chicks! 1 hatched last night, I could hear it chirping when I locked them up last night, but I didn't look incase anyone else was trying to hatch. Today after I finished chipping up some branches (maybe around 6 or 7 PM) I went to check on Momma broody. I saw what looked like part of an egg shell push off to her side. I grabbed it out and it was a chick that had become shrink wrapped! The poor thing was very cold and still. Then I saw another egg on the other side of her. I pulled it out thinking it was an abandoned egg, but it was another shrink wrapped egg. I could hear it chirping. It was much more incased in it's eggshell. I peeled off the shell and giving it about a 30% chance for survival, I put it back under Momma. The first shrink wrapped chick hadn't made any noise or anything and I determined that it had not made it. At lock up I lifted Momma just for a couple of quick seconds to see if the other shrink wrapped baby had died or not. It was still alive as well as 2 fluffy chicks!! Or it was one of the fluffy chicks and another chick had hatched Anyway, I am happy to report that Momma broody currently has at least 3 living chicks under her as well as some more eggs (6 more eggs I believe). We'll see what the next couple of days bring. I don't plan on letting this particular bird go broody again. She (black sex link, I think) stole the nest from another bird ( a barred rock) after her eggs got tossed. That's twice now that the barred rock has been forced out at the end of the hatch.

can't type did not check what was there